On the first day of 2017 I started a bullet journal. My initial intentions were to use it as a daily planner and accountability tool, where I wrote down goals and important dates. Over time, it evolved into something else.

Jared and I talked a lot about what we would do differently if we knew then what we knew now about traveling Australia. Our original plan for this trip was to get a Troopy, and if we had our time again we probably would have looked for one.

Hi. I’m Lauren.

After working 30+ jobs in 6 different countries, I realized that the perfect career was not out there waiting for me, and that I didn't ever have to get travel out of my system. I built a professional life through a series of lateral movements, not a climb up the career ladder. I'm now a writer, currently road-tripping Australia with my husband and a camper trailer, extolling the virtues of working holiday visas to anyone who will listen.